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Former president Bakili Muluzi may now have peaceful sleep following the discontinuance of his K1.7 billion corruption case, but some lawyers have said his discharge is a blow to the fight against corruption. The High Court of Malawi sitting in Blantyre yesterday freed him from all charges in the $12 million abuse of public funds
February 9, 2021 Osman Faiti - Nyasa Times 8 Comments
State prosecutors have said they will parade seven witnesses to testify against former Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) director general Godfrey Itaye and two others are being accused of abuse of office.
Itaye: Pleads not guilty
MACRA’s director of finance, Ben Chitsonga: Pleads not guilty
Itaye and his two co-accused Macra director of finance Ben Chitsonga and procurement specialist Joseph Ngalawa on Monday entered a plea of “not guilty” when they appeared before acting chief resident magistrate Godfrey Balaka in Blantyre.
The trio is accused of authorising payment of about K8 million for the printing of party cloths for former governing party Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
February 2, 2021 Green Muheya - Nyasa Times 9 Comments
Former director general at Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) Godfrey Itaye has been slapped with a charge of abuse of office alongside Macra director of finance Ben Chitsonga and procurement specialist Joseph Ngalawa.
Itaye: Abuse of office at Macra during DPP era
MACRA’s director of finance, Ben Chitsonga
Itaye was arrested at the end October 2020 on allegations of fraud when he served as director general at Macra. He was released on bail days later.
The abuse of office charge was formally slapped on the trio on Monday when they appeared before Blantyre Magistrate Court.